From Classroom to Career

All academic programs offered at UM help students develop valuable transferable skills. Psychology is the application of scientific methods to study how humans act, think, or feel.

As a Psychology student, you will gain an appreciation of:

• human diversity
• the complexity of human and animal behavior
• the value of the empirical approach to understanding complex problems 

Listed below are transferable skills related to your Psychology Department major. You should use this resource to:

• gauge whether you feel you are really strong in a certain skill area
• consider the potential careers that use those skills
• explore ways to build these skills even more outside the classroom

You can also use the Preparing to Use Your Bachelor's Degree in Psychology resource guide to help you better understand how to apply what you've learned towards the next step.